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Re: Elvis --> Hell-Bent for Leathers in 1974!

Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:43 pm

r&b wrote:He looks totally stoned with the cops. Perhaps if they had arrested him, it would have helped.

Good point.

Re: Elvis --> Hell-Bent for Leathers in 1974!

Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:59 pm

debtd1 wrote:

he looks proper 'dog rough' in these, and that suit is the bad one of the bunch.

That doesn't appear to be stage attire... just a casual outfit... his leather stage costumes appeared to be more decorative than this one... anyone have/seen a picture of Elvis wearing this outfit on stage? Just curious...

Re: Elvis --> Hell-Bent for Leathers in 1974!

Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:04 am

Elvis Fan - yes, that particular outfit was worn in August - I quite like it!

Aug 74.jpg

Vegas 74.jpg

There was some footage of it too on George Klein's Elvis Memories.

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Re: Elvis --> Hell-Bent for Leathers in 1974!

Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:12 am

Dan_T wrote:

Xaykev wrote:

jparsons1969 wrote:I don't really think he was as big as we all make him out to be.

True. I have tried on one of his original suits and it fit me pretty good. And I am a slim athletic guy. It was a strange feeling to wear one of his suits by the way

Wow, really ?

So you'd say you were the same height as Elvis too ?

Isn't one of those leather suits owned by Eddie Murphy, who had to have the trousers taken up a couple of inches so he could wear them ?

My opinion has always been that Elvis's weight is so exaggerated, also here on this messageboard. And when I tried on a suit it certainly was confirmed. I am a couple of centimeters shorter than Elvis

Re: Elvis --> Hell-Bent for Leathers in 1974!

Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:41 am

Xaykev wrote:My opinion has always been that Elvis's weight is so exaggerated, also here on this messageboard.

I don't agree. Too many here try to act as if he was almost never anything but "slim."

Re: Elvis --> Hell-Bent for Leathers in 1974!

Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:48 am

drjohncarpenter wrote:

Xaykev wrote:My opinion has always been that Elvis's weight is so exaggerated, also here on this messageboard.

I don't agree. Too many here try to act as if he was almost never anything but "slim."

Really?! Show me these posts. Like I said, I am athletic and slim, and the jumpsuit fit me very well.

Re: Elvis --> Hell-Bent for Leathers in 1974!

Thu Dec 06, 2012 2:54 am

DarrylMac wrote:Elvis Fan - yes, that particular outfit was worn in August - I quite like it!

Re: Elvis --> Hell-Bent for Leathers in 1974!

Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:09 am

Arrest him for popping too many perscriptions? Even if he had something like cocaine he wasn't about to flash it in front of the cops. All he had to say is I am sick and here is my doctor if any suspicions were raised. He covered himself well that way.

Re: Elvis --> Hell-Bent for Leathers in 1974!

Fri Dec 07, 2012 11:32 pm

elvis-fan wrote:Thanks Darryl... I've not seen those shots before!

He looks good there!

Re: Elvis --> Hell-Bent for Leathers in 1974!

Sat Dec 22, 2012 11:54 pm

elvis-fan wrote:

debtd1 wrote:

he looks proper 'dog rough' in these, and that suit is the bad one of the bunch.

That doesn't appear to be stage attire... just a casual outfit... his leather stage costumes appeared to be more decorative than this one... anyone have/seen a picture of Elvis wearing this outfit on stage? Just curious...

...........................................................................................................................................[b]This picture is from September 28th 1974 At College Park -When he met security officers .And Yes he wore same out fit at Vegas on August 30th '74 on his Midnight show . - [/b]

Re: Elvis --> Hell-Bent for Leathers in 1974!

Sun Dec 23, 2012 12:36 am

Xaykev wrote:

monkboughtlunch wrote:He had some of the worst stage attire imaginable in the 70s. He should have tried dressing understated and casual on stage, like below:

Couldn't disagree more. The Elvis-suit must be the most famous stage-outfit ever.

I would say it has become archetypal.

Re: Elvis --> Hell-Bent for Leathers in 1974!

Tue Jan 08, 2013 11:07 pm

monkboughtlunch wrote:

eligain wrote:The only bad thing about these leather suits is that everyone was wearing them; from Tom Jones to Sonny Bono!

So you don't consider Presley's bloated gut being too big for the leather suit a "bad thing?"

God!!! These pictures are aweful....he looks so bad and out of it.

Re: Elvis --> Hell-Bent for Leathers in 1974!

Tue Jan 08, 2013 11:19 pm

mysterytrainrideson wrote:

monkboughtlunch wrote:

eligain wrote:The only bad thing about these leather suits is that everyone was wearing them; from Tom Jones to Sonny Bono!

So you don't consider Presley's bloated gut being too big for the leather suit a "bad thing?"

God!!! These pictures are aweful....he looks so bad and out of it.

out of it no.... he looks tired but out of it no.

Re: Elvis --> Hell-Bent for Leathers in 1974!

Tue Jan 08, 2013 11:35 pm

Johnny2523 wrote:

mysterytrainrideson wrote:

monkboughtlunch wrote:

eligain wrote:The only bad thing about these leather suits is that everyone was wearing them; from Tom Jones to Sonny Bono!

So you don't consider Presley's bloated gut being too big for the leather suit a "bad thing?"

God!!! These pictures are aweful....he looks so bad and out of it.

out of it no.... he looks tired but out of it no.

When someones out of it, they usually do look tired.

Re: Elvis --> Hell-Bent for Leathers in 1974!

Wed Jan 09, 2013 12:53 am

mysterytrainrideson wrote:

Johnny2523 wrote:

mysterytrainrideson wrote:

monkboughtlunch wrote:

eligain wrote:The only bad thing about these leather suits is that everyone was wearing them; from Tom Jones to Sonny Bono!

So you don't consider Presley's bloated gut being too big for the leather suit a "bad thing?"

God!!! These pictures are aweful....he looks so bad and out of it.

out of it no.... he looks tired but out of it no.

When someones out of it, they usually do look tired.

i agree, but Out of it in the elvis world is called drugged up..elvis was on painkillers so looked tired, but he wasnt overdrugged as some people find.

Re: Elvis --> Hell-Bent for Leathers in 1974!

Wed Feb 04, 2015 7:44 pm

Plus, these pictures were most likely taken after a show, and Elvis was probably tired and made no effort to hold his gut in. I don't have a belly at all, but after several hours of physical activity, im too tired to keep good posture, and my belly pokes out a little bit because im too exhausted to keep my stomach in.

Re: Elvis --> Hell-Bent for Leathers in 1974!

Wed Feb 04, 2015 8:12 pm

kenneth.kelly02 wrote:Plus, these pictures were most likely taken after a show, and Elvis was probably tired and made no effort to hold his gut in. I don't have a belly at all, but after several hours of physical activity, im too tired to keep good posture, and my belly pokes out a little bit because im too exhausted to keep my stomach in.

Actually, no. Those candids were apparently taken at the hotel before his show at College Park, MD on 9-28-1974. You can see the distension in numerous images from August and September, and the infamous performance that evening reflects the unwell state of the man we see here. Tough times.

Re: Elvis --> Hell-Bent for Leathers in 1974!

Wed Feb 04, 2015 9:10 pm

I've seen a lot of people who were "out of it" by using drugs and they didn't look any other than Elvis did on these photos. No pun intended, but all the people who wear rose-colored glasses: Go back and watch the photos again, listen to the show(s) from College Park that/(those) day(s) and have a closer look on the "on stage" photos that were taken and than tell me/us that he only looked tired after givin' his all in the shows. Those were real, big troubled-times for Elvis. I really love that guy, but hell it really hurts to see him this way and to listen to him in this condition.

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Re: Elvis --> Hell-Bent for Leathers in 1974!

Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:20 pm

Certainly doesn't look with it there Joern. Sad.

Re: Elvis --> Hell-Bent for Leathers in 1974!

Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:01 pm

Did @Xaykev ever say which one of the suits it was that he wore?

Re: Elvis --> Hell-Bent for Leathers in 1974!

Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:03 pm

TINML wrote:Did @Xaykev ever say which one of the suits it was that he wore?

Maybe it was the unreleased Laser Suit?

Re: Elvis --> Hell-Bent for Leathers in 1974!

Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:10 pm

drjohncarpenter wrote:

TINML wrote:Did @Xaykev ever say which one of the suits it was that he wore?

Maybe it was the unreleased Laser Suit?

I guess I wouldn't tell anyone either if that was the case!

Re: Elvis --> Hell-Bent for Leathers in 1974!

Thu Feb 05, 2015 12:56 am

DarrylMac wrote:Elvis Fan - yes, that particular outfit was worn in August - I quite like it!

Aug 74.jpg

Vegas 74.jpg

There was some footage of it too on George Klein's Elvis Memories.

Elvis gave this leather "Wine suit" to David Stanley....

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Re: Elvis --> Hell-Bent for Leathers in 1974!

Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:41 am

VEGAS74 wrote:

DarrylMac wrote:Elvis Fan - yes, that particular outfit was worn in August - I quite like it!

Aug 74.jpg

Vegas 74.jpg

There was some footage of it too on George Klein's Elvis Memories.

Elvis gave this leather "Wine suit" to David Stanley....

Did Charles Stone get the Laser Suit?

Re: Elvis --> Hell-Bent for Leathers in 1974!

Thu Feb 05, 2015 12:40 pm

No, but he got to use a bunch of photos he didn't have the rights to use in his book.